Tick...Tock…
75 minutes until my first real vacation in 3 years, and my first stint of time-off longer than a 4-day weekend since I started at the DR Group (16 months ago.) Tonight I make vital preparations (burn CDs for the 1400 miles of road that lay before us) and finish up the packing. Tomorrow we pick up the rental car (fingers crossed for a PT Cruiser) and then load it up and hit the road blasting up the 5 until we hit the Silicon Valley and dinner w/ the in-laws. Saturday in San Jose/Los Gatos, Sunday night somewhere between Alameda and Portland, and then we’ll roll into P-town (can I call it “P-town?”) Monday evening. We hol’ up in Portland for a few night and then kick north into Seattle until Saturday when we board an Airbus A30 bound for Burbank. 60 Minutes between me and the first of many beers.